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Old cavalry officers lacking nothing once in ornamental headwear (7)
Contribution to wind - something useful around a ship (7)
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BOON (something useful) round A SS (ship)
Sarky comments on grain containing stone will show what you can expect to pay (9)
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LIP (‘sarky comments’) RICE (grain) round or ‘containing’ ST (stone)
Time to get away from insect’s place (5)
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LOCUS t (insect) missing ‘t’ (time)
Dismissed Liberal over mediocre prospects? (7)
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OUT (dismissed) L (Liberal) O (over) OK (mediocre)
Criticise source in Paris after importing a French tanning device (7)
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SLAM (criticise) P (first letter or ‘source’ of Paris) round or ‘importing’ UN (French for ‘a’)
One receiving a blow in investing in wine (8)
Dossier about man staying sober is a fraud (6)
I note firm getting the writer to provide part of accounts (6)
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I N (note) CO (company – ‘firm’) ME (‘the writer’)
Re: bon mot in translation: it’s French for ‘paper-clip’ (8)
Component of sci-fi? Bank on including fine SF show (7)
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FI (‘component of Sc-fi’) RELY (bank on) round or ‘including’ F (fine) – apparently, FIREFLY is an American ‘Space Western Drama’ TV series set in the year 2517 – we had never heard of it!
Vulgar recording ensnaring a beautiful person (7)
Excellent group of nations including Germany? Another nation’s sign of departure (5)
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AI (excellent) EU (group of nations) round or ‘including’ D (Germany)
Set about English teams in Britain (9)
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E (English) LEAGUE (teams) in BR (Britain)
Powdery stuff - form of un-metal? (7)
Opening lines about capsule’s ultimate return to Earth? (7)
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RENT (opening) RY (railway – ‘lines’) round E (last or ‘ultimate’ letter of capsule)
Down
One in quartet providing nothing in support of activist group (5)
List of duties when touring fixed Egyptian location (7)
I hum one jazzily interrupted by top instrument (9)
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An anagram (‘jazzily’) of I HUM ONE round or ‘interrupted by’ UP (top)
One wanting great precision in line in display material (8)
Serving of chicken accepted in French port (6)
Son without friends ditching European social gathering (5)
Bird endlessly soaring over rigid trees (7)
Showing some armour is aware of armistice we hear (9)
Leading figure manipulated faith in CE (9)
Magazines etc. investing in relaunch of Time without delay (9)
Revelatory Judge abandoning using humour about artist (8)
Trembling fir circled by waterbird island dweller (7)
University Court supporting poet’s depiction of egg supplier (7)
Sound of percussion instrument is the sign (6)
Theatrical mechanical instrument trimmed in iron (5)
English poet tolerating adverse conditions (5)
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